Warning: Minor animal cruelty in this chapter. It is really small though.


October 11th, 2012

Teams

Cotton Crazies: Buford, Maverick, Axel, Sua, Lisa, Lilith, and Tamera

Nutty Nachos: Boris, Fenton, Caleb, Garry, JJ, Elsa, and Kylie


Flashbacks from the previous episode start to appear. Chris begins narrating. "Last time on Total Drama Carnival Calamity, the teams had to survive staying in a haunted house. Before that though, Boris and Maverick had to solve puzzles to enter the place. After that, the teams did a reenactment of the Scare-o-meter from season two. Sua scared the pants off of Maverick and Tamera while Elsa want to smoochville with Boris."

"After that, it was all about who could stay longest in the haunted house. After an encounter with fog, a dead body, a skeleton, and the Ringleader's voice Sua pulled through to give the Cotton Crazies the win. Before the ceremony, Melissa tried to convince JJ and Fenton to vote off Kylie. However, in a crazy turn of events, Fenton voted out Melissa and told her the truth of everything he has done."

The flashbacks end. Chris is shown at the entrance what appears to be a cold cavern made out of artificial ice. "Half of the season is almost done, and fourteen contestants are still in it. Which one of these will get the cold shoulder to the lame-o-sine? Find out now on Total… Drama… Carnival Calamity!"

The episode starts inside the brown tent with the Nutty Nachos eating gruel. Their team symbol appears on the screen. Everyone is eating their gruel peacefully except for Fenton who has not taken a bite. He also looks tired.

Confessional – Fenton – Nutty Nachos

"Ever since I told Melissa the truth, I haven't been able to almost sleep at all. Something just keeps giving me headaches and it's been a pain ever since. Maybe I'm just nervous about leading. There's most likely a challenge today so I will have to give it my all."

His head starts pounding and hurting again.

End Confessional

JJ writes a note to Fenton for him to read it.

"You need to eat to stay in shape when you have to lead," Fenton read the note. "Thanks JJ, I do need to put at least a little bit in my stomach." The competent short kid begins eating his gruel.

Boris does not look happy Fenton will be leading the team but decides to stay quiet. The Slushie alliance are sitting next to each other, but Kylie quickly decides to stand, go to JJ, and tell something into the clown's ear.

"You're going to have to tell Fenton what he did was wrong at one point," The cheerleader whispered and proceeds to go back to her seat.

Confessional – Kylie – Nutty Nachos

"Look, in a game like Total Drama manipulation will happen at some point. I get that, but I thought Fenton was actually into Melissa. I did not expect him to wait that long to tell her the truth. He knows what he did was wrong but is afraid to admit it because he has this 'leader mentality' now. Why don't I tell him myself? Honestly, I feel like he will listen to JJ more than me."

End Confessional

The Nutty Nachos continue to eat their breakfast. Elsa and Boris look at each other with a smirk. Both are planning something.

"By the way Caleb, thanks for voting out Melissa with me," Boris thanked the handsome genius.

Caleb's eyes widen and he begins to choke on his gruel.

Garry stops eating. "What did he just say?"

Kylie almost crushes the spoon that she is using in her right hand. She narrows her eyes at Caleb. "Did you seriously vote for Melissa behind our backs?"

"Pfft, of course not Boris is just trying to tick you both off," Caleb lied.

"He's not," Elsa defended. "How else would Melissa have gone home? There would have been a tie if she didn't get four votes."

"Dude I can't believe you went behind our deal," Garry told the handsome genius. "I voted Marty for you."

Oh dear, here it comes.

Kylie stands up surprised and enraged. "What!?" The brunette exclaimed. "So that's what the deal was about!?"

"Come on Kylie this is Cherry we are talking about," Caleb tried to assure. "He's not the brightest."

"Considering the deal we made I guess I am not bright," Garry admitted with a frown.

"I can't believe you were responsible for him leaving," Kylie spoke, glaring at Caleb. "He is my friend. He was your friend."

"Um, um," Caleb didn't know what to do. Nobody is going to defend him. "This is part of the competition. So what if I got him eliminated." He chuckles nervously. "It helped you two get closer."

"This Slushie alliance is over," Kylie exclaimed. She takes her gruel and proceeds to leave the tent. Fenton and JJ follow her, grabbing their breakfast as well.

Garry shakes his head with disappointment at Caleb. "Not cool dude thought you were better than that." He then leaves the tent.

Caleb scowls as he looks at Boris and Elsa. "Seriously, what was that all about? I allied with you to vote off Melissa and this is the thanks I get?"

"As if I was going to let you stay with all that power in this team," Boris commentated.

"You just screwed yourself. I'll make sure you're next out of this team," Caleb threatened.

"On the contrary Caleb, you played yourself," Boris spoke with a smirk.

"Yeah, everybody on the team knows you're a lying backstabber," Elsa added. "Only way you can be saved is if you vote with us from now on."

Caleb growls and seethes his teeth. "How do I know you two won't just vote me off?"

"You will just have to trust us," Boris stated.

Confessional – Caleb – Nutty Nachos

"Those conniving wenches just blew my whole game out of the window!" The handsome lad exclaimed. "Ugh, now I have to side with them if I want any chance of winning. This is not how I'm supposed to go down."

Confessional – Boris – Nutty Nachos

"Yes, I revealed Caleb's betrayal on purpose. He was getting too safe, and I needed to tell him who's the alpha in this team. With Fenton, Kylie, and Caleb in their own predicaments, I no longer am a sitting target. Sometimes my genius scares even myself."

End Confessionals

Kylie, JJ, and Fenton are shown sitting at the Bargaby Bludiddle Hut. Lucy is busy cleaning some stuffed animal prizes.

"It irks me that he did it. I know why, but it still hurts," Kylie told Fenton and JJ with a frown.

"The fact he was using you is wrong," Fenton told the cheerleader.

Kylie's eyes widen and looks at her teammate. "Oh, and you using Melissa is not the same?"

"I told her I was thinking about getting with her," Fenton defended.

"It doesn't matter Fenton," Kylie spoke raising her voice. "You still wanted to use her to take charge. Just admit what you did was wrong. Tell him JJ."

JJ looks at Fenton and notices the boy being conflicted. She just smiles and takes out a happy face pillow from her wig to give it to her friend.

"Thanks JJ," Fenton expressed gratitude. "I'm going to put this in my sleeping bag." He leaves the two girls alone.

Kylie looks disappointed in JJ. "Why didn't you tell him? He was right there? Or are you saving it after the challenge so Fenton can focus leading?"

JJ gives a thumbs up, indicating that is exactly what her plan is.

"Makes sense, we can't have him be miserable during the challenge," Kylie admitted.

Confessional – Kylie – Nutty Nachos

"Finding out that Caleb is responsible for Marty's elimination and Fenton messing with Melissa has totally damaged this team. Is like we are starting to become the Cotton Crazies."

End Confessional

Speaking of the Cotton Crazies, the whole team is inside the gold tent. Their team symbol appears on the screen. Axel is currently getting a massage from the female intern on a table. He seems to be releasing himself from frustration as he tries to relax.

"Well Hilda was right, this is sort of relieving," The gentleman admitted.

Tamera decides to approach Axel.

"Not in the mood Tamera," Axel told the vixen. Tamera slowly backs away and sits down at the eating table.

The team has already eaten their breakfast. Now they are just waiting for Chris to announce the challenge. Tamera observes her teammates. Buford seems to be chilling while talking with Maverick. Sua is hearing the conversation smiling.

"Favorite baseball team?" Buford asked Maverick.

"Hmm, the one that has their name on the cheesesteak sandwich," Maverick answered. "Favorite basketball team?"

"Those bugs that look like bees but are bigger and sting harder," Buford answered. "Though I heard rumors the new animal is going to be a pelican."

"What are you two talking about?" Lisa wondered as she stops writing in her poem book.

"Yeah, I'm confused as well," Sua admitted.

"Sports teams," Maverick answered.

"Okay, but none of you have said team names," Lisa pointed out.

"We're not supposed to say names of products, teams, and other stuff unless they sponsor the show," Buford spoke. "That is in our contract, but you probably just write and don't actually read."

Lisa rolls her eyes. "I do read, how else would I know so much about western culture and media?"

"Can we save this for the challenge," Lilith told her teammates, looking a bit awful?

"What's wrong Lilith?" Maverick concernedly asked the goth.

"I don't know I just…," Lillith lets out a hiccup. "Oh no." She hiccups once again.

Before anybody can say anything else, the speakers around the carnival turn on. "Good morning campers, meet me at the Penguin Emporium entrance to start today's first challenge!" Chris announced through the speakers.

"Try and drink some water on the way there," Maverick suggested to his friend.

Confessional – Lilith – Cotton Crazies

"This might sound stupid, but I asked so many of my questions for so long that when I stop doing them I…" She hiccupped again. "Get the hiccups."

End Confessional

The teams, Chris, and Chef arrive at the entrance of the Penguin Emporium. Upon further examination, the artificial ice looks more like what one would see of snowy mountains. However, this is the form of a cave. The remaining contestants notice two large teacups behind Chis and Chef. One is blue with the Cotton Crazies symbol and the other is yellow with the Nutty Nachos symbol.

"What's with the teacups?" Maverick enquired to know.

"Glad you asked Maverick," Chris said. "These teacups will be your way to the Penguin Sighting attraction. Each team will sit in their colored teacup while one drives to the attraction."

"How do we know to get there?" Fenton asked. He wants his team to succeed.

"There are signs and arrows throughout the cave ride that indicate which section to go to. If none of you see those at a certain point it means you lost," Chris answered. "Whichever team makes it first to the penguin sighting gets an advantage for challenge number two."

"How are you going to be there before us when you have no teacup to ride?" Lilith wondered.

"Chef and I are just going to use the back door," Chris said then laughs. "Oh, I almost forgot. The cave section of this place is a bit unstable. Watch for falling icicles and breaking glaciers."

Confessional – Fenton – Nutty Nachos

"Yes, this is the perfect way for me to take charge," He exclaimed happily. "I don't know what else to do from here, but I'll figure it out."

End Confessional

The Nutty Nachos get inside their yellow teacup. There are seats inside for the riders and one for the driver.

"This reminds me a lot of those racing car games I play in the arcade center," Elsa told her team as she puts her seat belt on. The rest of her teammates do the same.

Fenton takes the driving seat and looks at the controls. There is a joystick, two pedals, a steering wheel, and several colorful buttons with no symbol on them.

"Hmm, this might get difficult," Fenton admitted.

"See ya Nachos!" Tamera waved at her opponents as she and her team are now inside the blue teacup with Maverick driving. The Cotton Crazies pass the Nutty Nachos.

"Don't you stay acting like a buffoon drive already," Boris exclaimed to Fenton.

Fenton does as he is told and both drivers race each other throughout the ice cave.

Confessional – Fenton – Nutty Nachos

"Is it a bad time to tell my team that I don't know how to drive nor play racing games? I didn't even try them at the arcade."

End Confessional

Maverick and the rest of the Cotton Crazies are shown being slightly ahead of the Nutty Nachos. Both teams dodge small fake glaciers and pillars of ice.

"Anyone wants me to read a poem I made?" Lisa asked her teammates.

Everyone nods their heads eagerly except for two. Buford because he does not like the poet and Maverick is driving.

Lisa opens her book of poems and reads one. "This dude thinks he has all spunk. When in reality I see a skunk. Smelly and rude. Might as well call him Scrooge."

"Oh wow a poem about me? How flattering," Buford said unimpressed.

"Is the only one you'll get because I doubt Meredith will make you one," Lisa snarked.

"Look there's Jett!" Buford exclaimed rapidly pointing at an icicle in the ceiling.

"Where?" Lisa excitedly said and looks behind her to just see the space of the cave.

Buford wheezes then laughs as Lisa turns around to glare at him. Tamera chuckles.

"Wow, are you that desperate to see the guy who probably doesn't want you ten feet near him?" Tamera mocked the poet.

Lisa throws her book at the vixen's face.

"Ow," Tamera exclaimed. "Mav, Lisa threw her book at my face," She whined like a child for fun.

"Act your age," Axel told. "Or are you going to throw a tantrum to get more attention?"

"Rude," Lilith told the gentleman then hiccups.

Axel groans. "I'm trying to be calm, but she keeps sucking the worst out of me."

"Ha, sucking," Sua said then giggles.

"Of course you would think that," Buford retorted.

"What does that suppose to mean?" Lisa wondered.

"That's she's crazy. Seriously, how are you still in the game without leaving with major injuries?" Buford asked the idol.

"I wonder how long it takes to make a stake out of ice," Sua told the tall dude ominously.

"Oh, that reminds me of a question," Lilith chimed and clapped her hands.

"Forgive me madam, but no one wants to hear your questions," Axel told the goth.

"Well, I am definitely a someone, so I'll gladly hear one," Tamera stated.

Lilith hiccups once again.

"Can you stop?" Lisa told the drummer annoyed.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Lilith fake apologized then shouts into the poet's ears. "Do my hic! Bothers hic! You?"

The Cotton Crazies continue to bicker against each other. Maverick is shown frustratingly trying to drive the teacup while blocking all the angry voices.

"Everyone shut it!" Maverick raised his voice. "Or so help me I'll turn this teacup around!"

The promoter's teammates stay quiet because of his outburst.

"Okay Dad," Tamera joked.

This causes the whole team to chuckle. Even Maverick and Axel have to smile at that joke. Sadly, them laughing causes the promoter to crash into a small iceberg. This lets the Nutty Nachos take the lead.

Fenton, while avoiding crashing into ice is definitely not driving stable. It feels like for his team a bumpy rollercoaster that consistently goes left and right.

"Ugh, I never had a limo driver as bad as you," Boris told the team's new leader. "Can you steer correctly?"

"Sorry," Fenton quickly apologized. "I never have done something like this before."

"Drive a teacup? Pretty sure no one here has driven a teacup before," Elsa admitted.

"He meant actual driving," Kylie told the gamer with annoyance.

"I know that. I'm just messing with him," Elsa stated.

Fenton continues to drive berserk, almost crashing to various icebergs. At one point he manages to avoid one but damages a bit the teacup.

"Ugh, this is making me sick," Caleb told his team. His face is turning green.

"If you're going to vomit, please do it outside the cup," Boris told the handsome genius.

Caleb immediately vomits outside of the teacup.

Confessional – Caleb – Nutty Nachos

His face is still a little bit green. "Trust me, I wanted to vomit all over Boris to shut him up but I'm trying to save my butt here."

End Confessional

"Dude, you have to get better at this or none of us will make it," Garry told Fenton nervously as the teacup continues drifting left and right constantly.

JJ points at Elsa.

"JJ wants us to let Elsa drive," Kylie told her team.

"I bet I can drive," Boris stated.

"Oh shut up, we all know you suck at it," Elsa told the rich kid, doubting he even knows what a steering wheel is.

"Fenton, let Elsa drive," Kylie told the sidekick.

"But, but I'm leading," Fenton said with a frown.

"And a good leader knows when to let someone else take the course," Kylie told him, holding her head from the headache she is receiving. "Don't be so stubborn like Melissa."

Hearing the girl's name that Fenton used makes him frown. "Take the wheel Elsa."

Fenton takes out his seatbelt and crashes the teacup into a small iceberg. Luckily their cup is durable enough that only cracks form. Elsa takes her seatbelt and the two switch seats.

"This is going to be so much fun," Elsa said as she pulls back the teacup by using the joystick and steering wheel.

"Hurry it up," Boris told the gamer impatiently. "We can't lose our lead."

"Stop talking and maybe I won't go slow because of your insistence on being a simpleton," Elsa snapped.

"A simpleton? Why I…"

"Shut it Boris!" Kylie and Garry said at the same time, tired of hearing the rich kid.

Confessional – Elsa – Nutty Nachos

"I don't mind Boris giving me a certain number of small insults, but I will not tolerate him bossing me around. I'm not his butler, his cook, his driver, or anything like that. I'm his girlfriend."

Confessional – Boris – Nutty Nachos

"Is this what having an actual girlfriend feels like? I thought they would just do everything I want." He ponders for a moment.

End Confessionals

Even with the crash, the Nutty Nachos are still in first place in the race. Everyone is happy Elsa is the one steering around the cave.

"I wonder what these buttons do," The gamer admitted. To her left are four buttons. One red, one blue, one green, and one yellow.

"That doesn't sound like a good idea," Fenton told Elsa.

All of a sudden, a rectangular ice block hits the back of Boris's head.

"Ow!" Boris exclaimed. "What the bloody hell?"

The Nutty Nachos except Elsa look behind them and notice the Cotton Crazies arriving. Tamera, Buford, Lisa, and Sua are shown throwing ice blocks at the Nutty Nachos. Those were most likely taken from the artificial iceberg the team crashed in.

"Is this really necessary?" Axel asked his teammates. He and Lilith gaze at the pile of ice blocks inside the large moving teacup.

"Yes, we need to get that advantage," Tamera told him.

"Besides this is fun," Sua exclaimed happily as she throws ice blocks to the Nutty Nachos. Buford and Lisa do the same.

"I get that but having these many ice blocks is slowing us down," Lilith pointed out. "We're not in a hill where these will give us more speed."

"Which is why we're throwing them at the Nachos," Buford told her.

"Yeah, get with the program," Lisa rudely said to the goth.

Buford throws an ice block but misses his target and it lands in front of the path the Nutty Nachos are taking. Elsa notices this, freaks out, and dodges it.

"What's going on back there?" Elsa told her team as she continues to focus on driving.

"The Cotton Crazies are trying to take us out by throwing ice blocks at us," Garry informed.

"What?" Elsa exclaimed.

"Don't worry, I'll tell you what direction they are throwing the blocks," Fenton told the gamer as he looks at the Cotton Crazies.

Sua throws one ice block.

"You're left!" Fenton exclaimed and Elsa drifts to her left.

Tamera throws another ice block.

"You're right!" Fenton announced to the gamer, and she drifts to her right.

"Guys, this is sort of distracting," Maverick told his team.

Buford and Lisa are shown trying to take an ice block for themselves, but they both want a specific ice block in their hands. The block breaks into two and both accidentally hit themselves in the face.

"Right, left," Fenton kept instructing Elsa. He feels happy and satisfied. "Wow, I'm doing it. I'm…" He gets hit with an ice block to the face. He falls into the teacup and passes out.

"Um, hello?" Elsa asked for help.

Both teams are still racing through the ice cave.

"Listen to me now if you know what's good for you," Caleb told Elsa. "Go left!"

Elsa now follows Caleb's instructions while still avoiding the icebergs in front.

"Doesn't Chris know that this challenge can be deadly?" Garry asked Kylie who is making sure Fenton is breathing.

"This is Chris we're talking about," The cheerleader told him. Boris remains quiet throughout all of this.

JJ is now tired of ice blocks being chucked at her, so she takes a baseball bat out of her wig. Then she stands up at the right moment and swings at an ice block. The block ricochets all the way to Sua's face who gets knocked out immediately.

"At this point, I'm not even surprised," Buford stated.

"There's no more ice blocks," Lisa told her team.

The Cotton Crazies and Nutty Nachos notice the entrance to the Penguin Sighting entrance. Maverick looks at the four buttons on his teacup.

"Fasten your seatbelts everyone," The promoter warned. Everyone follows his command. Lilith makes sure to sit down Sua and put a seatbelt on her.

Maverick presses the green button on the blue teacup and suddenly the teacup begins to go faster. The Nutty Nachos notices this and panic.

"They're gaining on us," Kylie exclaimed with fear.

"Buckle up," Elsa warned her teammates. "Because we're getting into our first teacup accident."

Garry looks worried. "I don't like the sound of… that!"

As soon as the Cotton Crazies are close to the Nutty Nachos Elsa drifts to her right to bump into them. The Crazies end up crashing into a pile of snow.

"Elsa, we're going to crash into the entrance," Boris exclaimed in horror.

"You know, I completely forgot about that," Elsa sheepishly admitted, and the Nutty Nachos slide through the entrance doors and crash towards a fence. All of them except for Fenton see Penguins waddling around.

"Some epic wipeout displayed," Chris said to the audience as he and Chef are shown. Both are wearing white winter outfits. "Which team will win the second challenge? Find out after the break!"

The commercial starts with a red and white vertical stripe background. There is a silver vending machine containing what appears to be white bags with a candy fishtail symbol on them.

"That's right, they're back," A female voice told.

She shows herself on screen. She looks to be a teenager with an exceptionally fine body. She has medium white skin, blue eyes, long legs, and brunette hair that is long, thick, and wavy down to her shoulders. She is wearing an orange beret, a plain long white t-shirt with a purple skirt down to her knees, black shoes, and white socks up to her knees.

"For a limited time only, you can get Chef Hatchet's Total Drama Yum Yum Happy Go Time Candy," The young female said as she puts a coin into the vending machine to get a bag of the product, she is advertising. She takes the bag and opens it.

"These fishtail candies are delicious. Now with new and improved ingredients to give you a wonderful taste in your mouth." The girl takes one candy fishtail into her right hand and looks at it hesitantly. Is like she does not want to eat but is obligated to do so.

She swallows the candy completely whole to not bite it and gives out a yummy sound. "Chef's Hatchet's Total Drama Yum Yum Happy Go Time Candy! They are to die for."

She realizes what she said and chuckles nervously. "Not literally of course."

The commercial ends. Chris, Chef, and the two teams are shown standing on ice. The contestants look around to see the small snowy hills, igloos, and rocks all over the attraction while penguins waddle, slide, and talk in their language. Maverick and Fenton notice two large bear-size cages. One to their left and one to their right. The Cotton Crazies and Nutty Nachos symbol appear on the screen.

"Welcome teams to Penguin Sighting," Chris told the contestants. "As the name of this attraction implies, this was where folks would watch penguins walk around and perform tricks."

"How have these penguins been here for so many years without any proper people maintaining them?" Lilith asked.

"They were actually brought to another sanctuary, but the producers transported them back for this challenge," Chris informed. "Speaking of challenge, here is how it's going to go down. Each team has a bear cage. To my left is the one for the Cotton Crazies and to my right is for the Nutty Nachos. The goal is to put in as many penguins as a team can in fifteen minutes. The team that has more penguins in a cage once the time is up wins immunity and the gold tent."

"Sounds good," Maverick admitted.

"Yeah, but what about the advantage my team won?" Fenton asked the host.

"Chef has it," Chris told the competent boy.

Chef tosses a bucket full of herring fish to Fenton. The little boy is unable to keep it in his hands and falls to the ice floor with the bucket.

"Herring fish, perfect to lure penguins," Chef told the Nutty Nachos.

"This advantage seems to be too strong," Axel told Chris as he approaches him.

"Blame your team for constantly squabbling," Chris told the gentleman. "Chef and I will be back in fifteen minutes as we drink some coffee to pass the time." The host and cook leave the two teams alone.

Garry takes the bucket full of herring fish from Fenton so his leader can get up.

"Alright everyone, I have a plan," Fenton told his team. "First, someone needs to guard the cage just in case someone from the Cotton Crazies wants to release our penguins. We'll leave the bucket of fish here."

JJ gives a thumbs up to Fenton, liking the idea.

"I volunteer," Boris declared and stays near the team's cage. Garry puts the bucket of fish near him.

"Of course he wants the easy task," Elsa muttered.

"The rest of us will grab some fish and lure the penguins to the cage. We should also split up to cover more ground," Fenton instructed.

"Sounds like a good plan to me," Caleb admitted. The team separates to travel along the ice field in search of penguins.

Maverick watches the Nutty Nachos separate. He looks at his teammates. "Alright team, since I don't see almost none of you working together, I believe is in all of our best interest to separate and catch as many penguins as possible."

Maverick's team has no issues with the plan and rapidly separates.

Confessional – Maverick – Cotton Crazies

"I know it seems impossible, but I believe my team can pull through. Sure, we don't get along, but we also want to win."

End Confessional

Lisa is shown struggling to catch penguins. The ones she is trying to grab have bright yellow crests that begin near the nostril and pass above the eye, with plumes extending from the head. Even though she can easily pick them up because of their small waddle speed they end up sliding on their bellies to escape.

"This is getting annoying," Lisa stated. A penguin decides to kick the back of her left leg before waddling off. "Amusing."

Buford is shown holding four penguins, holding two in each of his arms. These penguins have a narrow white line of feathers on both sides of their head that extends from behind the eyes, around the ear, and down to join at the throat.

"Having trouble over there?" Buford smirked at the poet.

"How did you get them?" Lisa wondered.

"I let them come to me. They'll get scared if I try to grab them. So, I just sat and wait for them to come to me," Bo explained. "You should try it."

Lisa scoffs. "As if I'll take your advice."

Bo shrugs. "Suit yourself." He walks away from her to put his penguins in the cage.

Lisa feels a penguin pulling on her scarf. This gives her an idea to use her scarf to lure penguins.

Around another part of the place, Axel is shown trying to catch four penguins. These are large emperor penguins, distinguished by faint yellow auricular patches. They are providing fast speed from the normal waddling, but this Total Drama. Not everything is normal.

"Come on you all I'm not going to hurt you," Axel told the penguins. The penguins begin chuckling. They seem to enjoy the chase.

Axel groans and launches himself at the penguins. The four creatures get out of the way as the gentleman slides on the ice on his belly. The penguins then high five each other.

Axel continues to slide through the ice. Tamera notices this as she is holding two penguins.

"Axel?" The vixen said with worry. She quickly drops the penguins gently and rushes to her teammate's aid.

Axel notices he will be sliding into the cold pool of water. He tries to get up, but the ice is so slippery he cannot. "No, no, no, no, no."

Before he slides into the freezing water a hand grabs his right leg. He is now upside down but looks to see who saved him. "Tamera?" Axel said shocked.

"No need to thank me," Tamera smugly told her teammate and pulls Axel back up.

Axel adjusts himself to stand. "Why did you save me?"

"Because we're a team duh," Tamera answered rudely and sees the cold blank stare Axel is giving her. "I also wanted to show you that I'm trying to well, let you know I'm not a horrible person."

Axel does not know what to say. "Um, thanks. But this doesn't change anything between us."

"You sure?" Tamera sincerely asked.

Axel notices her torn expression. Is she trying to mess with him, or does he actually feel sorry for eliminating Hilda? "Just help me get these penguins into the cage," the gentleman said.

"He is willing to work with me. At least it's a start. Why do I feel… glad to help him out?"

Confessional – Axel – Cotton Crazies

"Ugh, I cannot tell if Tamera is messing with me or not. She looked happy when I told her she can help me but it's probably just a façade, right?"

End Confessionals

Lilith is shown carrying two penguins, holding each one between her armpits. These penguins have their face and crown of head streaked yellowish and black with a distinct yellow eye stripe running to the back of the head.

"You two are so adorable," Lilith cued at the two creatures. "Plus, you penguins have black feathers and I like that color." The goth hiccups. This accidentally causes her to let go of the penguins. The two adorable animals slide away on their bellies.

"Wait no come back I need you," Lilith told the penguins and runs after them. Her running causes her to slip on the ice and head straight to the cold-water pool.

SPLASH!

Lilith swims up to breathe and spits some water out that was inside her. She notices herself not frozen in ice.

"I thought for sure I'll become an icicle pop," The drummer mentioned. Her endurance must be stronger than she believed.

In another section of the attraction, Kylie is having a hard time trying to attract penguins with her herring fish. She notices two groups of penguins. Both groups have their face and head black with a white patch above each eye that meets at the top of the head. Some of them have yellow beaks while others are orange.

The one group on her left is closer but only has four penguins. To her right is eight penguins but farther.

"Okay, left, or right?" Kylie wondered, looking at both sides while starting to sweat. "Those are closer to me but are in a small pack. However, the other pack is larger but by the time I get there they might leave."

"You okay Kylie?" Fenton came walking towards her. He has a baby penguin in his right arm chewing on his herring fish. "Do you need help?"

"No thanks I'm perfectly fine," The cheerleader assured, but her face says otherwise.

"Really? Because you're kind of doing the things I tend to do when being indecisive. Constantly looking around, sweating, freezing up," Fenton pointed out as he counts his fingers with his left hand.

"Just help me already," Kylie sighed.

Confessional – Kylie – Nutty Nachos

"Alright, so I haven't mentioned this yet, but I also have trouble deciding on certain stuff," The brunette confessed. "Not as horrible as Fenton but there are moments when I do freeze up. Having my parents being divorced kind of made me like that."

End Confessional

Kylie and Fenton walk to the penguin group of four.

"We have plenty of fish in the bucket so it will be better to get the group closer to us," Fenton told Kylie.

Kylie extends her herring fish to get the attention of the four penguins. The penguins waddle towards her as they head back to the cage.

"Thanks for the help Fenton," Kylie showed gratitude.

"Well, I like to help people," Fenton happily said.

"Didn't help Melissa that's for sure," Kylie muttered.

"What was that?" Fenton asked obliviously.

"Just the sound of penguins demanding fish," Kylie told him as the penguins they are bringing to the cage begin screeching.

Speaking of the Nutty Nachos cage, JJ is shown making it there with ten penguins behind her. Boris opens the cage so the penguins can enter. JJ then grabs two more herring fish from the bucket and heads off happily.

"Ugh, I wish I can vote her out, but she carries the team almost every challenge," Boris told himself unhappily.

Sua approaches the rich kid with a warm smile, standing near the bucket of fish. "Hi!" She greeted with a wave.

Boris looks at her awkwardly. "Um, hey?"

Sua then kicks the bucket of fish away. The bucket then slides all the way into the pool of freezing water. The idol giggles in satisfaction and leaves.

"What the bloody hell?" Boris exclaimed dumbfounded.

Confessional – Sua – Cotton Crazies

"That felt bad but so good at the same time," The idol admitted. "Did you see the reaction of his face? Priceless!"

End Confessional

Boris rushes to the corner where the bucket of fish was sent. Just as he expected, all the fish is in the water. He narrows his eyes with distaste.

"Yeah, I'm absolutely not swimming to get those," Boris said and quickly heads back to his team's cage. Luckily no one from the Cotton Crazies decided to open it.

Garry, Fenton, Kylie, Caleb, and Elsa arrive with a swarm of penguins. Boris opens the cage to let them all in.

"What happened to our fish?" Elsa asked her boyfriend.

"That dancing buffoon kicked the bucket to the water," Boris answered deadpanned pointing at Sua helping out Lisa nearby.

"You didn't stop her?" Caleb wondered.

"Of course not, the bucket was sliding too fast," Boris explained.

"Okay, so we have a minor setback," Fenton told his team. He looks at the cage of the Cotton Crazies and notices they have fewer penguins. "We still have a solid lead. We'll improvise on how to get more penguins. Kylie, you're with me and Boris stays guarding the cage."

The team heads to find more penguins.

"Not like I was going anywhere," Boris told himself. He hears a few honks coming his way and notices a penguin waddling to him. He picks up the penguins and chuckles.

"What a filthy creature," Boris insulted the penguin, thinking it is not going to do anything to him.

The penguin glares at Boris and uses its beak to bite the rich kid's nose. Boris immediately lets the penguin go. The penguin then kicks the back of his right leg.

"Gah!" Boris exclaimed in agony as he lay down on the ice. "How are you so strong?"

More penguins show up and beat up Boris. A new scene emerges showing Maverick putting three penguins into his team's cage. He then hears a splash. He looks to his right and notices a penguin waddling with a herring fish in its mouth.

"That's weird," The alpha promoter noticed and decides to investigate. He figures out the area where the penguin got out of the cold water and notices the Nutty Nachos fishes floating in the water.

"How did this happen?" Maverick wondered. He decides not to think about it and swims into the water to grab as many fish as he can.

His other teammates except for Sua arrive and saw him dive. Buford, Axel, and Lilith decide to check on him.

"You okay down there dude?" Buford asked with worry.

The three see Maverick putting herring fish into the bucket. "Somehow the Nutty Nachos lost their bucket of fish."

"The penguins must have been hungry," Axel hypothesized.

"Here!" Maverick told and threw the bucket with now fish again at Bo. "Use them to lure the penguins." Suddenly, he starts to freeze up and stay frozen without movement.

"I'll save him," Lilith informed the guys. "You two tell the others what to do." The drummer dives into the water as Buford and Axel spread the word.

Elsa and Caleb are shown having a hard time catching penguins without having a fish on them.

"This stinks," Caleb told the gamer as they try to catch penguins. "We should have stayed in a group and used the smell of fish to lure these guys here." He grabs a penguin, but it immediately slaps his face, so he puts it down.

"You should have come up with that ten minutes ago," Elsa retorted.

Caleb sighs. Right now, he does not care about winning or losing. He just wants to make sure he is safe for a little while. "Do you and Boris have any clue on who to vote in case we lose?"

"Why do you want to know that now during a challenge?" Elsa wondered.

"Because I'm literally a sitting penguin because of you and Boris blowing up my alliance," Caleb explained. "I know I'm not a golden boy but if I leave the others will definitely team up on you two."

Elsa listens and understands what the handsome genius said. "Fine, I'll talk to Boris later if we lose."

Somewhere around the ice is Garry juggling eight penguins as he runs to the Nutty Nachos cage, being careful not to slip. The penguins seem to be enjoying themselves.

Confessional – Garry – Nutty Nachos

"Fenton said improvise so I'm improvising."

End Confessional

Sua watches her teammates bring a swarm of penguins to the Cotton Crazies cage with fish thanks to Maverick. A penguin then taps on her leg and screeches.

The idol gazes at the penguin. She picks up as the creature looks at her happily. "You're so cute." Just then, her smile turns wicked. "I wonder how squishy you truly are." She begins pressing hard the penguin's stomach causing it to squeal.

Upon hearing its cries, Sua snaps of it and puts it down gently. She begins to tear up. Did she actually do that? Did she try to kill a penguin?

"I'm so sorry little one," Sua said petting the penguin. What is she becoming?

"Sua!" Lisa called the idol.

"Yes?" The idol responded.

"펭귄은 당신이 그들 중 하나라고 생각합니다," Lisa told Sua in Korean.

The idol notices penguins forming around. They must think she is a tall penguin because of her clothes and the way her hair covers her back.

Another wicked smile forms on her face. She does not want to harm these beautiful creatures, but she knows what kind of fun she wants.

One minute remains and all the Nutty Nachos return to the cage except JJ. The Cotton Crazies also come except for Lisa and Sua. Fenton counts how many penguins are in each cage.

"We're losing by three," Fenton told his team.

"We probably would have more if you led better," Caleb open his mouth.

Fenton frowns. He wanted to lead so bad and now his team is going to lose because of him?

Maverick, Axel, Lilith, and Buford high-five each other.

"Great work team, I'm proud of you all," Maverick said. He notices Tamera alone with her arms crossed. He walks to her and readies a high five.

Tamera gives a high five back and smiles.

Kylie notices JJ arriving with a flock of twenty penguins. The clown is holding a balloon-shaped fish to bring them to the cage. "Look!" The cheerleader called attention to her team. They all see JJ and cheer.

Boris opens the cage to let the twenty penguins enter and closes it.

"Way to come in the clutch," Garry thanked JJ. The rest of the team congratulates her.

The Cotton Crazies frown in defeat. Until they hear the squawking of various types of penguins. Only thirty seconds are left, and everyone sees Sua being carried by penguins as a large flock arrives. There are probably fifty surrounding her.

"What is happening?" Tamera asked no one in particular.

"You'll see," Lisa told as she reunites with her team.

The Nutty Nachos believe Sua is going to bring them to the Cotton Crazies cage. However, Sua lets out a screech that commands the penguins to attack the Nutty Nachos cage.

"I'm suddenly not a fan of penguins anymore," Elsa admitted.

"I still think they are cute," Kylie said.

The penguin army beats up the Nutty Nachos as Sua opens the cage to free the captured ones. Time is up since Chris and Chef arrive. They are shocked to see so many penguins around the contestants.

"Whoa, what happened here?" The host asked.

"The penguins believe that Sua is their queen because she is wearing clothes similar to their colors," Lisa enlightened.

Chris and Chef chuckle. He then notices the Nutty Nachos standing up from the ice-covered in bruises and their cage empty.

"Did you seven even try to catch penguins?" Chris asked the losing team.

"That monster is responsible for our penguins fleeing," Boris exclaimed as he points at Sua.

The idol just remains quiet with her ominous smile. Chris pays no attention to this, but Chef does.

"Whatever," Chris shrugged. "Cotton Crazies win immunity and the gold tent while I'll see you Nutty Nachos at the elimination ceremony tonight."

The Cotton Crazies cheer for obtaining their second victory in a row.

Confessional – Boris – Nutty Nachos

"This is outrageous. My team would have won if she didn't take away our fish," He complained.

Confessional – Caleb – Nutty Nachos

"So Sua is starting to show a dark side of her. Got to keep that in mind. I already underestimated Boris and Tamera, so I need to be careful how I approach her if we both head to the merge."

Confessional – Fenton – Nutty Nachos

"I… failed my team," The sidekick realized. "I… actually failed." He begins to sob a bit and he puts his hands on his ears. "I used Melissa just for this!?" He realizes what he said and trembles in fear of what has become. "Kylie is right. I totally messed up bad."

Confessional – Tamera – Cotton Crazies

"Glad to see my team pull out another win. The more drama my team has the more spotlight I get. Hopefully, Axel is able is hold conversations with me now after saving him."

Confessional – Axel – Cotton Crazies

"Wow, my team actually pulled out the win." He shrugs. "Not like I can get rid of Tamera at the moment. Buford and Lisa are allowing her to be unseen."

Confessional – Lilith – Cotton Crazies

"Two in a row! This is great!" The drummer exclaimed happily. "Plus, my hiccups are gone. Must have gone away when dealing with all those penguins." She squeals bubbly.

"Those penguins were pretty menacing at times. I wonder if there is a penguin there that can spit out explosives. That would have been awesome."

End Confessionals

Caleb, Boris, and Elsa are inside the arcade center. They are ready to plan who to vote off.

"I know neither of you is going to listen to me, but I suggest getting rid of JJ or Kylie," Caleb suggested.

"As much as would like to get rid of the clown, she still is useful as a team player," Boris told the handsome genius.

"And Kylie has it out for you which keeps Boris and me safe," Elsa added.

Caleb groans. He expected this to happen.

"Fenton for being a terrible leader?" Caleb wondered. "Or you two going to backstab me behind my back?" He will not even be surprised if they do that.

"Actually, we do have someone in mind," Boris stated.

"We just to need ask his name," Elsa grinned.

Fenton, Kylie, and JJ are shown at an area where carnival booths are at. The three notice some beach chairs around and decide to use them to sit.

"Alright JJ, tell him," Kylie told the clown to get this over with.

JJ hesitates as she slowly takes a pen and notebook out of her wig.

"No need," Fenton told JJ. He breathes in and out. "I need you two to vote me off."

JJ lets go of her pen and notebook as her mouth opens out of fear.

"Fenton, please consider this decision," Kylie told, maintaining a calm posture. "Us three can vote off Caleb."

"I messed up," Fenton comprehended. "I used Melissa's crush on me just so I can lead and even then, I messed up today. It almost caused us to crash so many times and left the bucket of fish unsupervised. I'm no leader. I'm not even the person I thought I was. Just a selfish boy trying to be a big shot."

Fenton stands up from his beach chair and leaves the two alone. Kylie gets out of her beach chair to talk with his teammate, yet JJ grabs her right arm. The silent clown moves her head side to side, indicating that Fenton has already made his choice.

It is night, and the Nutty Nachos arrive at the Calamity Ceremony. The girls are in the bottom row and the boys are in the top row of the two-level bleacher. The team's symbol appears on the screen.

From left to right for the girls are JJ, Kylie, and Elsa. From right to left for the boys are Boris, Fenton, Garry, and Caleb.

Chris and Chef are standing next to two lamp posts illuminating them. Chef is holding a flat silver plate with six popcorn bags on it.

"Nutty Nachos, welcome back. You all did well during the first challenge but lost badly during the penguin catching," Chris greeted the seven contestants.

"Is all Sua's fault," Boris proclaimed.

Fenton sighs. It was not her it was him all this time is what he believes.

"Save the blaming game when voting Boris," Chris told the rich kid. "You all may cast your votes."

Confessional – Fenton – Nutty Nachos

"I told the rest of my team to vote me off. Is just not worth staying with how tainted I have become. Wait… I think I missed someone to talk to. What was his name? Garry?"

End Confessional

"You all have cast your votes," Chris said. "When I call your name make sure to catch your popcorn bag."

"JJ"

The silent clown catches her bag.

"Elsa"

The gamer catches her bag and decides to eat some popcorn.

"Kylie"

The cheerleader catches her bag with a frown.

Chris notices all the Nutty Nacho girls have a bag. He chuckles. "I find this amusing. Now let's see which two boys are safe for another day."

Boris looks unamused, Fenton is waiting for this to be over, Caleb is sweating, and Garry is just staring at bags.

"The next popcorn bag goes to…"

"Boris"

Boris smugly catches his bag with his right hand.

"And…"

"Fenton"

"Wait, what?" Fenton exclaimed with shock. "Why am I safe?" He gets hit with his popcorn bag in his left eye. "Ow."

"Caleb and Garry," Chris told the two guys. "One of you will be sent to the lame-o-sine. The last popcorn bag goes to…"

Caleb continues to sweat and be anxious while Garry stays staring at the popcorn bag.

"No one!" Chris announced. "It's a tie!"

Caleb and Garry give a big sigh of relief. Sure, they must compete in a tiebreaker, but at least both have a chance of survival.

Fenton stands up and rushes to Chris. "I don't understand, I voted for myself and told everyone except Garry to vote for me. I should be going."

"Well, you're not. Both Caleb and Garry got three votes and you only got one," Chris informed. "Now quit being a baby and let me talk about the tiebreaker." He pushes Fenton away from him but because the short kid is scrawny, he falls on his butt.

Confessional – Boris – Nutty Nachos

"That Garry dude is a threat. Elsa and I were talking about how he is good at challenges and does not interact with drama at all. Told Elsa to speak with him so we can remember his name. Keeping someone around that does not like me and gets by blending in the background is not something I want to underestimate."

Confessional – Caleb – Nutty Nachos

"As if I'll vote for Fenton. One, I can't backstab Elsa and Boris because the dude actually is someone not to mess with underneath that snobbiest exterior. Two, Fenton is easy to manipulate. Tanky is not anymore. Glad Boris and Elsa did not backstab me."

End Confessionals

Chef gives the last popcorn bag to Chris and throws the silver plate he had away.

"JJ, will you be so kind and give a notebook to Caleb and Garry?" Chris asked nicely to the clown.

JJ nods in agreement and takes two notebooks and two pencils out of her wig. Garry and Caleb take the items.

"The tiebreaker is a simple trivia question," Chris told the two boys. "You have twenty seconds to solve it. Chef will then take both notebooks, look at the results, and tell everyone who is staying. Ready?"

Garry remains calm while Caleb remains shaking nervously.

"Wait, what's the topic about?" Caleb wondered.

"To stay in the game, how many contestants in Total Drama history have made it to the final four twice?" Chris asked, ignoring Caleb. "You have to put write their names. Twenty seconds remain."

Caleb and Garry start writing down their answers. Thanks to the power of editing, twenty seconds pass and Chef takes their notebook away. The cook examines which one has the most correct.

"Caleb, you're staying," Chef exclaimed. "Congratulation soldier."

"Yes!" Caleb joyfully said. Chris throws his popcorn bag at his nuts. Caleb then goes down on the floor groaning in pain.

"You were supposed to catch it dude," Chris told the handsome genius.

"What did I get wrong?" Garry asked Chef.

"You forgot to put Zoey and Scott while adding Lightning and Courtney," Chef told Garry. "Those two made it to the final four in Revenge and All-Stars."

"Blegh, I honestly forgot how bad All-Stars is. That season is terrible," Garry confessed looking disgusted.

"Chef, please remove Garry from the premises before he starts ranting," Chris instructed.

Chef nods and picks up Garry to take him to the lame-o-sine. Fenton, Kylie, and JJ wave goodbye to him.

"The you six are safe, but I suggest picking up slack before half the team is gone," Chris advised.

"Thanks Chris," Fenton expressed gratitude, trying to smile. He then looks at JJ and Kylie. "Can I have a word with you two?"

The trio decides to discuss some stuff privately. Elsa and Boris go their own way while Caleb watches them leave as he gets up.

"I may be at the bottom of my team, but I making sure I bring you down to my level," Caleb spoke with venom as he narrows his eyes specifically at Boris.

The scene changes to Fenton, Kylie, and JJ standing next to the brown tent. They stop once Fenton stops walking. The competent sidekick turns around.

"Why did you two didn't vote for me? I don't deserve to stay here," Fenton spoke, trying to not shout.

"Fenton, JJ and I gave it some thought and what you did to Melissa was wrong," Kylie replied.

"I know," Fenton admitted with a sad sigh.

"But we can't have you leave just yet," Kylie said. "If you went home tonight I and Elsa will be screwed, and you will never figure out how to lead."

"But I don't know how to lead," Fenton exclaimed. "I jumped into the pool before resting my meal. How do I know when I'm ready to lead?"

JJ walks up to her friend and bends down to put her left hand on her friend's left shoulder. Kylie does the same but uses her right hand on Fenton's right shoulder.

"When the moment arrives, you'll know. JJ and I know you got that leading fire inside," Kylie told wisely.

The two girls stop bending and Fenton's good smile reforms.

"You know, I just started thinking maybe we can make an alliance," Fenton told his idea.

"Final three to the end?" Kylie asked JJ who honks her clown horn, meaning yes.

JJ then extends her left hand. Fenton and Kylie do as well.

"Final three to the end," Fenton assured.

Inside the gold tent, the Cotton Crazies are about to sleep in their sleeping bags with their pajamas inside.

"Goodnight, everyone," Maverick told his team. He is content that despite their drama, the team can still pull out a win. He goes to sleep.

Axel starts to sleep, and Tamera watches him with a smile.

"I hope you're watching this," Tamera whispered to herself, referring to Hilda. She goes to sleep.

Axel heard what she said and opens his eyes. He still has mixed feelings on how things are going down between him and his enemy. However, that is for another time. Now is time to sleep.

Lilith sleeps peacefully while Sua moves around in her sleep, most likely having a nightmare. Lilith wakes up hearing her movements and decides to rub the idol's forehead gently. This calms Sua down and she begins to rest serenely. Content, the gothic drummer goes back to her sleeping bag.

Buford watches Lisa still at the table most likely writing a poem in her notebook as she has a small lamp next to her. Bo shrugs as he believes it is not important. He will figure out a way to get rid of the poet another. He goes to sleep in his sleeping bag.

Lisa continues to write her poem and yawns. She has to rest. A camera zooms in at an over-the-shoulder angle to see what she is writing.

'I will get him out. One way or another. Hope that allows us to become lovers' the poem cited.

Lisa closes her notebook and turns off the light of her small lamp. Outside the gold tent is Chris ready to end the episode.

"Thirteen episodes remain, and thirteen contestants endure the carnival," Chris announced. "How will the Nachos Alliance go? Can Caleb outmaneuver Boris? Will Elsa stop liking Boris eventually? Can Axel get along with Tamera after she saved him? Will Maverick continue to lead his team to victory? How long will Lisa and Buford's rivalry last? Is Lilith going to continue making creepy questions and what about Sua's madness? Find out next time on Total… Drama… Carnival Calamity?"


Garry is shown outside the carnival entrance waiting for the lame-o-sine to arrive. After a few seconds, he speaks. "Did the limo driver forget about me?"

All of a sudden, Rosalina comes with the limo to pick up the eliminated contestant.

"Thank goodness, thought I would have to walk all the way," Garry told. He gets into the limo, fastens his seatbelt, and Rosalina drives immediately.

"Sorry for the late pickup Garry, was in an important call," Rosaline apologized.

"You know my name?" Garry asked happily.

"Of course," Rosalina answered while keeping her eyes on the road. "I'm the limo driver. I doubt the aftermath hosts will forget your name unless they feel like messing with you. Which I'm pretty sure one of them will do it."

"Oh well, at least I can finally be remembered," Garry said, looking at the positive.


Teams

Cotton Crazies: Buford, Maverick, Axel, Sua, Lisa, Lilith, and Tamera

Nutty Nachos: Boris, Fenton, Caleb, JJ, Elsa, and Kylie


Placements

22nd - Edgar

21st – Lily

20th – Gabriel

19th – Marty

18th – Jett

17th – Meredith

16th – Hilda

15th – Melissa

14th – Garry


Korean Translation

펭귄은 당신이 그들 중 하나라고 생각합니다 – The penguins think you are one of them


Author's Note: With that chapter done, Total Drama Carnival Calamity is halfway finished. I originally planned to only have ten episodes appear this year but I am glad to be able to finish half already. As for the elimination, it was Garry's time to leave. As much as I like him as a joke character, this had to be his stop. The merge is coming soon and a character like him would not work out in that phase since he likes to avoid the drama. You may have also noticed that I put more stuff after Garry's elimination. I had to put more interactions because my word count was a bit low but considering how this is the halfway mark, I think it blends well nicely. Shout out to Rouge Tundra for letting me use Elodie as the commercial girl. I was originally going to use one of my own OCs but I remembered this pastry gal has a knack for sweets. Thought it would go well with Chef's candy fishtails.

Thirteen chapters and thirteen contestants remain. Who do you think is making it to the merge? Who do you think will be eliminated next episode?

Leave a review or PM me what you think of this chapter.